All Feature articles – Page 146
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FeatureDoing more for less
Data, development and dispute resolution – the LeO offers more than just a complaints-handling service.
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FeatureData page – April 2015
The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
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FeaturePricing: getting it right
Richard Susskind thinks lawyers are wrong on pricing. But firms should be encouraged to understand and tackle modern challenges on more than one front.
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FeaturePensions of bankrupts
District Judge Graeme Smith considers an uncertain aspect of bankruptcy law.
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FeatureRisk and compliance: strength and security
The Law Society’s 2015 risk and compliance conference heard that a firm is only as safe as its weakest link.
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FeatureFreedom of information: round-up
How recent laws and updated regulations are impacting on what local authorities must disclose.
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FeatureInternal investigations: inside jobs
Corporates face unprecedented scrutiny from regulators. Should they rely on existing counsel for internal investigations or hire independent help?
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FeatureHuman Rights Act rethink
The main effect of the Human Rights Act is to prolong litigation and enrich lawyers. Do we really need it?
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FeatureGeneral election: let it be me
The NHS and the economy may dominate the headlines, but for the politicians who speak for their party on law and justice, feelings are running high heading into the election.
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FeatureLibel and slander
The Defamation Act 2013 in some respects reformed the English law on defamation. Here are example cases in which it has been applied since last January.
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FeatureDiversity access scheme: funding social mobility
Social mobility lies at the heart of the Law Society’s Diversity Access Scheme.
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FeatureLegal aid tenders judgment
The Court of Appeal delivers its verdict on a challenge by the Law Society and practitioner group to the lord chancellor’s criminal legal aid reforms.
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FeatureGrowth can carry hidden threats
With the opportunity for top-line growth comes the new threat of overtrading. The worst may not be behind us.
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FeatureOverseas corruption: oiling the wheels
Brazil and Nigeria are taking very different approaches to dealing with alleged corruption in the oil sector.
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FeatureRevisiting divorce settlements
The case of Stephen and Ellen Debruin reopens the argument about whether judges’ wide discretion ends with fair results.
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FeatureRoundtable: family – relative values
Family lawyers take clients through some of the most difficult episodes of their lives – a process complicated by overstretched courts and inconsistent judgments.
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FeatureWhat the SFO is now doing right
David Green has revitalised the Serious Fraud Office but it remains under pressure to deliver convictions.
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FeatureConsumer Rights Bill – all change?
With the bill likely to receive royal assent soon, what impact will the broad changes have on consumers and law firms?
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FeaturePacific alliance: Latin quarters
The four members of the Pacific Alliance trade bloc are attracting growing interest from international firms.